Tony Goodwin

Group CEO and Chairman Antal International and Antal International Network

Welcome to my website, where you can find out how I started Antal International and discover why I am passionate about helping children through charities. You can also learn more about Antal Franchising and how you can become an Antal Entrepreneur.

The Charities Antal International supports:

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is the world’s leading achievement award for young people. They are a Charity who aims to create a world where young people can reach their full potential whatever their circumstances.

Regenerate UK

Bupa Great North Run 2012

On the 16th September 2012 Tony, David & Ian took part in the BUPA Great North Run on behalf of the Antal Charitable Foundation. All money raised was donated to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – the world’s leading achievement award for young people.

Womanity Foundation

Friends of Sure24

Friends of Sure24 run by Sammy Nawali and his team in Nakuru, Kenya is an organisation that offers homes for 100 child orphans (mainly street children), a school for 250, a feeding programme and general support in the local community.

Chance UK

Mentors and staff use a solution-focused approach to grow a child’s strengths, build their self-esteem, and find positive alternatives to their challenging behaviour that could otherwise result in anti-social or criminal offending in later life.

Antal Charitable Foundation

The Goodwin family

Tony Goodwin

Tony had a desire, passion and determination to run his own business and grow it to a significant size. Founded in 1993, Tony launched Antal International, a management and professional recruitment specialist. One of the first recruitment organisations to devote substantial resources to emerging markets, the company now has over 130 offices in more than 30 countries and works with many of the world’s most successful and ambitious employers. Award winner 2014 “I took a fairly large gamble and it paid off. Antal really took off in China, Eastern Europe and India. I’ve had the opportunity to work in some of the most interesting markets that exist in the world today”. Tony says he is not winning awards for the sheer size of his company but rather, Antal has been recognised because of its innovation and unique strategy of being able to pole position to share information, knowledge & experience for the benefit of its Colleagues, Clients and Candidates.

Tony Goodwin shares his case study on signing a private equity deal in Russia. When Tony Goodwin set up Antal International in 1993, he always had the idea that he would sell-off the international divisions of the company separately in the back of his mind. He had ambitions to create a major rival to the Read more about Start Up magazine[…]

Anna King talks to Tony Goodwin who spent three years researching spectacular business failures and realised all of his subjects had one thing in common – they were all men. So, would there have been fewer failures if more women had been in charge? Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008m80z

Interview with TG: How I have made it How I made it: Tony Goodwin, founder of Antal International The entrepreneur developed his international recruitment agency in eastern Europe and Russia after fall of communism Tony Goodwin with some of his children at their home (Justin Griffiths-Williams) A strong work ethic was drummed into Tony Read more about Sunday Times – Interview with TG: How I have made it[…]

The Entrepreneur of the Year is the biggest individual accolade at the Growing Business Awards, presented to a very special entrepreneur. See who made the shortlist here. Presenting the shortlist for the Entrepreneur of the Year category at the 2011 Growing Business Awards… Read More

Global recruitment consultancy and ASPIRE associate member, Antal International, has sold its Polish business to contract, RPO and personal outsourcing company, Work Service in an $8.67m cash deal. The buyout will see Work Service take over the management of Antal International operations in Warsaw, Kraków and Wrocław. The Polish operation will continue to trade under Read more about Antal International sells its Polish business for $8.67m[…]

Tony Goodwin CEO, Antal International Tony Goodwin is the founder and chairman of Antal International, a global management and executive recruitment company and one of the fastest growing business service organisations in emerging markets such as China, Eastern Europe and India. Antal now has 130 offices in 29 countries around the world, and celebrated its Read more about The Dynamic Enterprise Summit 2015[…]

In the build up to Business Brains on Tour we will be catching up with each of our guests to find what you can expect from the tour. Released on 5 November 2012 November sees the REC hitting the road for Business Brains On Tour, which brings together some top UK business talent to share Read more about Business Brains on Tour: Tony Goodwin[…]

Tony Goodwin is the founder and Group CEO / Chairman of Antal International, a global management and executive recruitment company and one of the fastest growing business service organisations in emerging markets such as China, Eastern Europe and India. Antal now has over 120 offices in 30 countries around the world. A graduate of Middlesex Read more about Recruiter Awards For Excellence 2015[…]

24th of September hundreds gathered to LondonlovesExcellence Awards held at London Marriott Hotel on Grosvenor Square. That night was a celebration of excellence and growth in business and proved that even during difficult times, businesses can succeed. The standard was astonishingly high this year and in many categories the esteemed judges had trouble picking a winner but, Read more about Tony Goodwin wins Entrepreneur of the Year 2014[…]

Tony Goodwin is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Antal International, one of the fastest growing business services organisations in emerging markets such as China, Eastern Europe and India. Antal now has more than 100 offices in over 30 countries around the world. Read More

The entrepreneur developed his international recruitment agency in eastern Europe and Russia after fall of communism A strong work ethic was drummed into Tony Goodwin from an early age. “My mother would never let me miss a day of school, no matter what the reason,” he said. “Even if I was genuinely ill, she would Read more about How I made it: Tony Goodwin, founder of Antal International[…]